‘Learn, Share and Network!’

23 May 2011
Moscow
Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow

Overview

Join ACTE and the leaders of the business travel industry at this educational event designed to enhance your understanding of the corporate travel market, offer you the opportunity to network with colleagues, and openly discuss the future of our industry. More information will be posted soon, but be sure to mark the date on your calendar today!
‘Learn, share and network!’
 

Register now for the 3rd ACTE business travel Executive Forum
at the newly renovated Radisson Royal, Moscow
on Monday, 23rd May.
Language: Russian and English

Simultaneous translation available - Russian and English - to enable international forum participation.

Russia is a unique region with dynamic people pushing to progress the way business travel is managed and viewed in Russia. It is vast country with significant opportunity. Russians in major cities have a westernised view of the world but due to infrastructure challenges, multiple time zones and a huge geographic territory, some parts of the country are far from mature.
 
For the past two years international buyers have attended and others have crossed 8 time zones within Russia to participate in the ACTE forum to learn of best practices to advance the profession on Business Travel Management in Russia.
Join us in Moscow and encourage your colleagues to register to attend.

See Russian TV link (broadcast in Russian language) http://rtgtv.ru/news/202/

Attend this forum if you want to:

• Network with senior corporate travel buyers and suppliers
• Understand business travel management in Russia
• Enhance your global business travel knowledge
• Discuss industry trends to help you plan for your company

Education sessions will include discussions on:

• Professional business travel management
• Credit card use for business travel
• Airline alliances; demand and vendor capacity
• Round Table discussions
 
Agenda
 
08:30 - 09:15

Regsitration and Networking

Coffee Served
09:15 - 09:30 Opening Remarks ACTE
09:30 - 10:40

Session 1: Professional Travel Management

This session will discuss the value of professional travel management. Understand how a professional approach can add value to a local, national or Global corporate travel programme. Identify what suppliers and buyers need to consider to create a best in class approach.

Moderator:
 Winfried Barczaitis, Strategic Consultant, Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)
 
Panellists:
- Philipp Lookianenko,  Managing Director, HRG
- Stanislav Kostyashkin,  General Manager, Continent
- Tagilya Mikhailova, Head of Protocol,  Promsvyazbank 
 
10:40 - 11:10 Networking Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:20 Session 2: Using Credit Cards for Business Travel

Travel management companies (TMCs) must invest in their businesses to improve their service offering so cashflow is critical yet many corporations expect to pay for travel services on invoice. Extending credit in this way severely impacts the credit available to TMCs for research, development and infrastructure investment. Discuss how to move some of the financial burden from TMCs to banks for greater industry financial stability and to improve the overall corporate travel service.

Moderator:
Vadim Zelenski  - General Director & Owner - Zelenski Corporate Travel Solutions 
 
Panellists:
- Olesya Ryabova, Director, Goldman Sachs
- Anatoly Golentovsky, Head of Accounting & Reporting, SAP
- Ben Thirlwall, Director Global Commercial Card, American Express
12:20 - 13:30 Networking Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:40 Session 3: Air - demand and vendor capacity

 

This session will discuss what makes an Airline Alliance and what it means to the corporate buyer, who benefits and how. Discussions will include: Inter-airline sales organisation structures; how network decisions are made; customer experience variation and commonality; how airlines coordinate price, network and cost reduction strategies; how inter-airline frequent flyer programmes work  and ultimately, what it all means to the customer.


Moderator:
Olga Belioussenko - Executive Director -  FCm Travel Solutions
 
Panellists:
- Haakan Baeverstrand,Head of Sales, Lufthansa German Airlines  
- Frank  Jahangir, VP Sales & Affairs EMEAI,  Delta 
- Eugeny Sidorov, Director, Aeroflot Bonus Department
- Günter Seibt, General Representative
Russian Federation / CIS, Air Berlin
 
14:40 - 15:05 Networking Coffee Break
15:05 - 16:15

Round Table discussions


The last session of the day will enable delegates to discuss a variety of subjects in small groups. Table topics may include:  communications and change management; inventory; agency staff expertise and labour efficiency; social media; management information, data and people security and the sessions outlined earlier in the day. Outcomes and best practice in relation to each table topic will be shared for the benefit of all delegates.

Round Tables to be facilitated by the Planning Committee members.
16:15 - 16:20 Closing Remarks
Networking Drinks Reception